Angelo's Whispers

When I lived

Depression followed me like an old friend

Standing always beside me

In the dark

And when I tried to raise my lonely old spirit

It just whispered old familiar lies

To keep me on its rusty

Old swings

To stay

Forever lost within its overgrown parks

When I smiled at the world

And raised my head

Above its dusty parapets

It just said its old prayers

And filled me full

Of my favorite regrets

But now that I’m

Dead

I now know

A sacred secret

You must fight the darkness

Whenever it appears

In whatever disguise

Or assumed name

It’s just a shame

Death has took me

To finally know this

Find someone to love

Just dip your toes

Ankle deep into life and get thoroughly

Beautifully wet

Remember

Life is exquisite

Beyond its veils of self-perceived depression

There is bliss to be found

On those beautiful hunting grounds

You just have to regain

Your faith and self-belief

And trust them

So as they slowly rise

In frequency

As you embrace progression

Leading you to remember 

That unspoken truth

Once whispered to you at birth

That you might have chosen to forget

I only have a lonely voice in here

But its message was simply this

Enjoy all aspects of your life

No matter how hard

It gets

You were always born free

For you don’t want to take anything

Into this afterlife

And suffer for eternity

Endlessly spinning within its dark

Depths

So take it from one who knows

As old regrets

Follow me 

Like a second shadow

Everywhere 

I go

Copyright John Duffy

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